The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-09-16
NEWS AND OTHER NOTINGS.


coming meeting Of the Grand Army OF the !
Republic,
One of the rare productions OF jackson !
county, Michigan, is white rattlesnake |
with seven Iattles. 1t belongs to Richard !
Crouch. and is quite tame.
-" Bully If True" is the headline which
the editor of a paper in Crete, Neb., prints
over the announcement that the pastor of
the Congregational church will not prea ch
for a month.
The President has pardoned Thomas r.
Knight, John A BROOKS. and Henry paIz.
convicted of manslaughter in the western
district OF Arkansas and sentenced to i'm.
prisonment. They were Indian policemen.
and killed man while attempting to arrest
him.
The application of the Governor OF HI
nois for the extradi.ion Of McGarigle, the
fugitive Chicago eZ-warden, which has been
received at the Department OF State, will be
reserved for the personal consideration of
Secretary Bayard when he shall return to
Washington.
Harvey Lynn attended church near
Youngstown, Ohio, last Sunday and persist
ed in smoking while the preaching was in
progress When the deaeOns tried to stop
him he cursed and swOre before the entire
congregation. They had him arrested.
-Sunflowers are used 10 Wyoming Terri
tory for fuel. The stalks when dry are rs
hard as mar IewoOd and make a hot fire. md
! tie seedheads with the seeds in are said TO
burn better than the best hard coal. AD
are OF sunhowers will furnish fuel for one
stove for year.
| The celebration at Baltimore on Morday
of the anniversary of the battle of North
| Point developed the fact that but three
| known participants survive. Trey are Jas.
| &. Morford. aged ninety two years John
| PeddicoTd, ninety-thTee years, and Nathan
lei Watts, niDety-thTee years.
In Cape Colony, South Africa. a shep-
he-d dove a flock OF l. 40 ewes up to a small
| building. in which he took refuge from a
thunder storm. AS the sheep crow ded around
the building 1t was struck ny lightning. ard
| go OF theul were killed outright The shep-
herd escaped with a severe shock.
-Seventy-two wears az Robert TIrrerI. OF
Eh ode Island, then a soldier in the British
army. deserted and came to America. The
old men who Is ninety thres yea rs old. has
ter OF the king he deserted. and is going
back to the old country 10 die among hia
! kinsfolk.
! AS Inducements to " any respectable
couple" TO be publicly married at the Far
mers' Fair at LititZ, Lancaster county, the
| following gifts are offered q range anC
regular cooking outfit, SIS In money, a bu-
reau, expenses at the hotel, a ticket 10 PhIla
deInhIs and a two years subscription to the
| Columbia Spy.
The wife OF Nevada (Mo.) ma u haC
ten yOdng chickens. One day at noon q
hawk ponnced down upon them and cal riec
one OF. but did not go very far before a 10
OF crows got after him. Tine next night a
rOOs;ing time the lost chicken came home
II still bears the marks OF the hawk, but 1:
otherwise all right.
1t is calculated that during the last I.
months the people OF this country have In
dividually and seveTaIly put their tongue
out 96S, $40, 900 times to moisten tue post
age stamps for the billions OF letters ant
millions Of papers, periodicals and parcel
that are carried and delivered by the Gov
eminent. And yet 40 years ago there WASH
q postage stamp in the United States.
| An inteI estipg feature OF the civic pa
Iade in Philadelphia yesterday, was a car
riage formerly owned by George Washington
1t is now tbe property OF Captain BENJAMIN
Richardson, No. so Egst One Hundred an,
SJJteenth street. Ne W York. 1t will appea
IN the parade drawn by four or six whit
bosses. with footmen and coachmen in con
tinen tai livery.
The Board OF Trustees of the propose'
American Catholic University, held an i'm
pOrtant meet ng at the residence Of Carolina
Gibbons, in Balti more, on last Wedpesda,
week. There were present a large nPmte
OF church dignitsries. A long letter wa
read from Pope Leo, in which he wsrml
recommended the enterprise. The plan anC
the designs were adopted.
When Fauagut's squadron was befor
New Orie ans one OF the powder boys saw
: shell drop dangerously near the magazine
The fuse was burning furiousiy, but The bo
. picked up the shell and tossed ii oyerboart
The boy was Oscar Peek. He lives in Bridge
port, Connecticut, and he has just received
In consider alton OF his bravery, back pensio
money to the amount OF e. go.
twenty-five years ago the citizens @
Fitchbug, Massachusetts, presented Gen
h,mbali with a handsom war horse wnic
he rode Though the entire Louisiana cam
paign. The other day the General rode til,
same horse at the annual reunion % ii,
veterans OF the Fiity-third Regiment G
Massachusetts Volunteers at + Fitchburg. Tn
! old fellow is in excellent condition.
Letter carrier Albert Howell. OF Bostor
was long considered a remarkably pIOu
young NAH, because he always kept a BibI
= on his desk. and studied il whenever he hs
= momert TO spare But now IL appear
that be has for some time been stealing LET
teIS from the boxes OF other carriers. severs
OF whom were discharged for the disappear
ance Of the letters. Pious 4 lbe.t Is il jai
: A petition has been received at the Gen
ersl Land Office from citizens OF White Lin
county, New, asking for protection agains
the unlawful eDcroachment OF the shee
; raising stock companies, composed chiefly .
Enslishmen AID alters. whose flccks destTo
: TIE gfass and pollute the water. prevent sci
Element end make the building OF school
. and churches impossible. An investigation
has been ordered.
Miss Mary Tucker. 19 years old, daugh
: Ter of John s Tucker. ex-Stste represents
tive, has married her fathers coachmau an,
disappeared with him. The fuckers live il
New Haven, Connecticut. John w. Han
chett, The coachman induced Miss Tucker {
color herself with a liquid. The min ste